School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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- (continued from previous page)have long thick tails and thick heads and necks. The legs spread out from under the body.
Children are told that if they have their mouths open over the pool the 'mankeepers' might jump into them.
When children drink out of a well they drink through a 'curog'.
- 1. Forty sheep went out on a gap,
Forty more followed that,
Six, seven, ten and eleven,
Three and two and how many is that?
Ans.= Five.2. A man went to the shop with a five gallon can for three gallons of oil. The only measures they had in the shop were an eight gallon measure and a four gallon measure. How were the three gallons measured?
(An)3. Navan Cavan Kells and Killashandra.
Spell me that without a K. Ans.=That.
